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Growing in Your Appreciation of Grace:

The sicker you become of sin, the more you will appreciate grace.

The more you learn of creation and providence, the more you will appreciate grace.

The more you thank God for His blessings, the more you will appreciate grace.

The more you reflect on God's redemptive plan, the more you will appreciate grace.

Measuring Your Appreciation of Grace:

The more obedient you will be.

The more you will extend grace to others.

The smaller will be your pride.

The greater will be your thankfulness.

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God’s Mystery Revealed to the Apostles

God’s Wisdom Revealed through the Chuirch

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Given All Authority in Heaven and on Earth

Command to Make Disciples of All the Nations

Promise of Abiding Presence to the End of the Age

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God-ordained Seed - who came from the Father

God-glorifying Lord - who saves from sin and death

God-honored Son - who knows and obeys the Father

God-incarnate Redeemer - in whom we are to rejoice

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Questioning by the Unbelieving Sadducees

Understanding the Scriptures Rightly

Testifying to the Resurrection Power God

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Responsibility and Accountability of Human Rulers

Responsibility and Accountability of God’s People

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Sarah’s Death and God’s Provision for Burial

Isaac’s Marriage through God’s Providential Leading

Abraham’s Death with God’s Continuing Covenantal Blessing

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God’s Incomprehensible Call for the Testing of Abraham

Abraham’s Prompt Response of Faith in God

The LORD’s Faithful Provision of the Sacrificial Lamb

The LORD’s Gracious Covenant Promise Confirmed

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Renouncing the Way of Depravity in Sin

Practicing Daily Conversion in Christ

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Divine Ruler of His People

Great Shepherd of His Sheep

One Who Is Peace

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Protection of the Inheritance for Abraham through Isaac

Provision in the Land for Abraham and His Seed

Gospel Application in Relation to the Two Seeds

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A Providential Work of God’s Ordering

A Supernatural Work of God’s Power

A Converting Work of God’s Grace

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Lot’s Drunkenness and the Sons of Incest

Abraham’s Fear and the Sparing of Sarah

God’s Faithfulness and the Son of Promise

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The Grave Sin of Sodom

The Urgent Escape of Lot

The Horrific Rain of God’s Judgment

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Intention: God’s Purposes Made Known to Abraham

Investigation: Great Outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah

Intercession: Abraham’s Plea for Sodom

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Divine Visitors and Abraham’s Hospitality

Divine Certainty yet Sarah’s Laugh

Divine Power along with Rebuke

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Recalling the Covenant Promise to Abraham

Instituting the Covenant sign of Circumcision

Assuring of a Covenant Son in the Line of Promise

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Covenant Cleansing in the Land

Covenant Word Recovered

Covenant Commitment Renewed

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Sarai’s Scheme and Abram’s Agreement

Sarai Despised and Hagar Abused

Hagar Flees and the Angel Intervenes

The LORD’s Promise and Ishmael’s Birth

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Assurance of Offspring, and Abram’s Faith

Assurance of the Land, and Abram’s Obedience

Assurance of the LORD’s Faithfulness to His Promise

How are you righteous before God? Only by true faith in Jesus Christ: that is, although my conscience accuses me that I have grievously sinned against all the commandments of God, and have never kept any of them, and am still prone always to all evil; yet God, without any merit of mine, of mere grace, grants and imputes to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness and holiness of Christ, as if I had never committed nor had any sins, and had myself accomplished all the obedience which Christ has fulfilled for me; if only I accept such benefit with a believing heart. (Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 60)